Question

Question:  What do you do with the little sprouts that the kids come home with in a Styrofoam cup?  They get so excited about it, "I am growing green beans!", "I'm going to grow enough snap peas for us and our friends!" or in this case, "We are going to have the best corn on the cob!  I might even have enough to sell!"  Uh, ya....we have a grape vine (concord and table grapes), strawberries, 3 blue berry bushes, 3 pear trees, a cherry tree, two apple trees and 5 plum trees.  I do not have time or energy for a garden.  Our sweet neighbor Joe provides us with delicious home grown veggies and we give him fruit.  I am so grateful.  So, back to my question, what am I suppose to do with this little sprout that comes home from church, school, cub scouts, whatever?  I just opt to plant it in the only flower bed I really tend (yes, the one with strawberries, flowers, and a whole bunch of weeds....I never said I tend it meticulously).  Who cares if it is right by the front door, right?  Davis is beaming with pride that his corn stalk has grown and we are all shocked that it actually produced two ears of corn.  Not enough to sell, but he is satisfied.  It makes for a random entrance into our home, but it makes me smile.